fjt_889367 - ROUEN (CITY OF...) Jeton Ar 27 1656
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Type : Jeton Ar 27
Date: 1656
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,42 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * CIVITAS. ROTHOMAGENSIS..
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Rouen dans un cartouche et entouré d’une couronne formée de deux branches de laurier.
Obverse translation : (Ville de Rouen).
Reverse
Reverse legend : * ORNAT * SACRATVM * LAVREA * REGEM * 1656.
Reverse description : Le jeune roi debout de face couronné par un ange, tenant son sceptre de la main droite, la gauche appuyée sur sa hanche. Derrière lui, la ville de Rouen.
Reverse translation : (Le laurier orne le Roi consacré).
Historical background
ROUEN (CITY OF...)
Former city of the Veliocasses, Rotomagus developed in Roman times and became the metropolis of Lyonnaise II at the end of the 4th century. Taken many times by the Normans, it became one of their main stations. In 911 it became the residence of the Dukes of Normandy. Commune in 1144, it belonged to France from 1204 to 1419, when it passed to the English until 1449. The Exchequer of Normandy was transformed into a sovereign court in 1499 then into Parliament in 1515. The city was under the Ancien Régime, a flourishing center of textile industries ("rouenneries" and Indians) and trade with Africa.
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